Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna at Nightfall | 2018 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 2 | The Spies of Zurich | 2018 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 3 | The Lyon Resistance | 2019 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 4 | The Limoges Dilemma | 2019 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 5 | Paris in Disguise | 2019 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 6 | The Agony of France | 2020 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 7 | Ominous Austria | 2021 | Richard Wake | N/A |
| 8 | To Normandy and Beyond | 2021 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 9 | The Alpine Pursuit | 2022 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 10 | Adrift in Istanbul | 2022 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 11 | Budapest in Pieces | 2022 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 12 | Escape from Estonia | 2023 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 13 | Bucharest Unbound | 2024 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 14 | Reunion in Prague | 2024 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 15 | Nightmare in Poland | 2025 | Richard Wake | Buy |
| 16 | The Berlin Uprising | 2025 | Richard Wake | Buy |
The Alex Kovacs series is a sprawling World War II spy saga, with sixteen books published between 2018 and 2025. The series begins in Vienna at Nightfall, as an ordinary businessman finds himself recruited into intelligence work as the Nazis threaten to reshape Europe.
Each book takes Kovacs to a different European city, and the titles read like an itinerary through wartime Europe: The Spies of Zurich, The Lyon Resistance, Paris in Disguise, To Normandy and Beyond. Wake uses the real historical events in each location to drive the spy plots, making the series both a thriller and an education in the war’s geography.